Managerial economics : theory, applications, and cases
/ Mark Hirschey
- 6th ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, 2005.
- xxiv, 832, 88 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Ch. 1. Introduction to managerial economics Ch. 2. Optimization techniques Ch. 3. Demand theory Ch. 4. Consumer behavior and rational choice Ch. 5. Estimating demand functions Ch. 6. Business and economic forecasting Ch. 7. Production theory Ch. 8. Technological change and industrial innovation Ch. 9. The analysis of costs Ch. 10. Perfect competition Ch. 11. Monopoly and monopolistic competition Ch. 12. Sophisticated monopoly pricing Ch. 13. Oligopoly Ch. 14. Game theory Ch. 15. Risk analysis Ch. 16. Auctions Ch. 17. Moral hazard and principal-agent problems Ch. 18. Adverse selection Ch. 19. Government and business Ch. 20. Managerial economics : taking a global view App. A. Discounting and present values App. B. The normal, t, and F distributions Brief answers to "consultant's corner" Brief answers to "managerial economics in context."
"A major revision of a classic text is now under the stewardship of the team of instructors who teach the course to first-year students at the Wharton School of Business; includes over 100 real-world and current cases/examples, using actual companies, as well as six new or thoroughly revised chapters, focused on the cutting-edge topics in Economics and Business today."--Jacket